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HS2 unveils Crewe Link £1.6bn civils bid plan

HS2 has outlined plans to split the proposed West Midlands to Crewe section of the high speed railway into two civils contract packages.

Procurement chiefs said they are still keeping procurement options open with the possibility of running a competition between its four existing phase one joint venture contractors instead of a prequalifying a fresh field of bidders.

A current market testing exercise will help to inform the decision about which procurement route to take later next year.

The 39km southern section of the HS2a route is expected to cost up to £870m while the shorter 28km northern section including two short tunnels is estimated to cost up to £750m to build.

The procurement process could start by the third quarter of next year, with bids being invited in the first quarter of 2020, and the winning bidder announced by Spring 2021.

Civils works

Lot 1 – SouthAreas
(CA1, CA2 and CA3 (Part))

Lot 2 – NorthAreas
(CA3 (Part),CA4 and CA5)

Route length

38.8km

28.3km

Stations

0

0

Bored tunnels

0

2.1km (2 sections)

Viaducts

4.6km (7 no.)

1.5km (4 no.)

Connections to classic network

1

1

Embankment volume

13 million m3

6 million m3

Cutting excavation volume

14 million m3

6 million m3

Bridges

35

22

Culverts

22

16

Infrastructure Maintenance Depots

1

0

Value

£765m – £870m

£655m – £750m

Design work for phase 2a is expected to begin next year, with construction scheduled to start as early as 2021.